England easily takes European U17 Crown. Germany Second, Holland Third

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May 21 2000 ©Squashtalk 2000.

European U17 Final Results:

England rolled over Germany today, winning the European U17 team title as expected. England had also easily rolled over Austria in the semi final, while Netherlands had just barely been edged by their much larger neighbor, Germany.

Holland, led by former WISPA star, Babette Hoogendoorn, put in a strong performance finishing third. Germany's win over Holland turned on an extremely close number one match between Patrick Gassler and Dylan Bennet, while Holland was winning the women's position, with Milja Dorenbos coming away with a 10-9 win in five.

1-4 Place Playoffs:
Semis:
ENGLAND - AUSTRIA 3-0
James Willstrop - Christian Stadlober 9/3 9/0 9/0
Martin Gibson - Christian Coufal 9/1 9/1 9/0
Tina Rix - Birgit Coufal 9/2 9/3 9/3

GERMANY - NETHERLANDS 2-1
Patrick Gässler - Dylan Bennet 2/9 9/0 9/0 7/9 9/2
Markus Schmitz - Piedro Schweertman 9/4 9/4 9/0
Jennifer Post - Milja Dorenbos 9/4 5/9 3/9 9/4 9/10

Finals:
ENGLAND - GERMANY 3-0 James Willstrop - Markus Schmitz 9/1 9/1 9/1 Ashley Flathers - Tobias Böhm 9/6 9/3 9/7 Laura Lengthorn - Jennifer Post 9/6 9/2 9/7

3/4 Match:
AUSTRIA - NETHERLANDS 1-2 Christian Stadlober - Dylan Bennet 5/9 10/8 6/9 0/9 Christian Coufal - Maarten van Bavel 0/9 9/2 9/3 Birgit Coufal - Milja Dorenbos 2/9 3/9 7/9

[5-16 place playoff results]

Final Placements:
[pool results on Squashtalk]

1. ENGLAND 2. GERMANY 3. NETHERLANDS 4. AUSTRIA 5. SPAIN 6. CZECH REPUBLIC 7. WALES 8. BELGIUM 9. IRELAND 10. FRANCE 11. ITALY 12. SWEDEN 13. FINLAND 14. SCOTLAND

Also, complete details are available on the event website: http://www.squash.fi/em17.html